Lim

Lim v. Child Protective Services of Tulare County

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaNovember 20, 20201:20-cv-01049California5,732 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

I. BACKGROUND

19 On July 30, 2020, Plaintiff Chong Sook Lim, proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action 20 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) against the County of Tulare (the “County”) and 21 two unknown “officer[s], agent[s], and/or employee[s]” of the County. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff also 22 filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis, which was granted on July 31, 2020. (Docs. 2 23 & 3.) 24 On August 17, 2020, Plaintiff’s complaint was screened in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 25 1915(e)(2). (See Doc. 4.) In a fourteen-page order, the undersigned found that Plaintiff did not 26 adequately plead facts to state a claim under Section 1983 against any defendant and that her 27 complaint implicated the Rooker–Feldman bar to jurisdiction. (See Doc. 4 at 6–13.) Plaintiff was 28 also advised that, as a pro se litigant, she is not entitled to attorney’s fees. (See id. at 4 n.1.) Plaintiff was provided with the applicable legal standards so that she could determine if she would like to pursue her case, and she was granted twenty-one (21) days leave to file an amended complaint curing the pleading deficiencies identified in the order. (Id. at 13.) …

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